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Proceeding contribution from Lord Warner (Labour) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 May 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills and Committee proceeding on Health Bill.
As I understand the situation, if it is a shared vehicle, it is part of the workplace and it is enclosed or substantially enclosed, the same rules will apply. I am assuming that in his farming activities, the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, does not require his workers to work from dawn to dusk without some kind of break during which they can climb out of their tractors and have a cigarette if they want one. I do not think we are prohibiting that. The same would go for lorry drivers. I dimly recall that there are strict requirements on how long somebody can drive a long-distance lorry. People have to stop and either change driver or refresh themselves. There are opportunities to smoke there. The same arguments that I set out earlier apply: if it is an enclosed or substantially enclosed space and it is a workplace used by another person, the same restrictions apply. We have a consistent line which we are applying to workplaces, whether they are moving or non-moving, which are substantially unenclosed or substantially enclosed.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
681 c376GC 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Legislation
Health Bill 2005-06
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